Cellular immunity is not compromised by high serum corticosterone concentrations in prairie voles

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Klein, Sabra L ^b   Taymans, Susan E ^c   Devries, A Courtney ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

adrenal; arvicoline rodent; house mouse; immunology; spleen

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KILLER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030445851     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.6.r1608     Document Type: Article

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